Talking Stick - September/October 2008 - (Page 48) Think Globally, React Locally properly. These are the realities, and even the best planned budgets will likely take a hit when something critical happens.” Monitoring trends is one way to ensure that the planning process is proactive and sensitive to change, and student activism is often a good barometer for changing expectations. For instance, students are increasingly concerned about our collective environmental footprint, and they have lobbied for creative strategies to conserve energy. Vivien Insull, director of residential services at the University of Essex in Colchester, England, explains how the university has responded to students’ concern for sustainability: “The university has recently set up a green task force to look at a variety of initiatives. Some projects that are currently being investigated are recycling waste, containing energy costs, and looking at more sustainable initiatives, including fitting solar panels to existing residences, sourcing goods and food through fair-trade suppliers, and setting up allotments in the grounds so students can grow their own veggies. We have already fitted thermostatic valves [a self-regulating valve] to radiators and passive infrared switches [switches that turn lights off when the room is vacant] to large kitchens and corridors.” Conserving energy is one obvious way to reduce expenses, and colleges and universities are doing more and more to build conservation practices into their new and renovated residence halls by making them models of sustainability Operating within a national framework, 558 colleges and universities have now signed The American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment. Percentage change in the Consumer Price Index since 2000 (to 2007) 100% 90% 70% 60% 50% Higher education, tuition & fees 80% +62% Transportation 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Medical Care +40% Housing +35% Percentage change in tuition and fees from 06-07 to 07-08: +7.1% Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2001; annual averages of each group of expenditures compiled by Emily Glenn, ACUHO-I Corporate Librarian Talking Stick Food +20% +20%
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